{"id":88861,"date":"2019-01-18T12:50:07","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T10:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=88861"},"modified":"2019-01-18T12:50:07","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T10:50:07","slug":"mpumalanga-cycle-tour-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/sports-news\/local-sports\/2019\/01\/18\/mpumalanga-cycle-tour-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Mpumalanga Cycle Tour results"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mpumalanga Cycle Tour Race Stages:<\/p>\n

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11 January: Stage 1:<\/b>\u00a0Forever Resort Blyde Canyon to Forever Resort Swadini: distance: 90,3KM, Start Elevation 1 164M, Max Elevation 1 274M.
\nElite Stage one results (jersey numbers in brackets):<\/b>
\nStage winners:<\/b>\u00a01. Willie Smit (6) 2.16.56, 2. Jayde Julius (23) 2.16.56, 3. Calvin Beneke (14) 2.16.58, 4. Wessel Botha (4) 2.16.59.
\nBest Points:<\/b>\u00a01. Willie Smit (6), 2. Calvin Beneke (14), 3. Jayde Julius (23)
\nKing of the Mountain winners:<\/b>\u00a01. Matthew Beers (1), 2. Travis Barrett (31), 3. JP Lloyd (32).
\nBest Young Riders:<\/b>\u00a01. Wessel Botha (4), 2. Marc Pritzen (33), 3. Travis Barrett (31).
\nBest Mpumalanga Riders:<\/b>\u00a01. Willie Smit (6), 2. Gawie Combrinck (2), 3. Nico Bell (3).
\n12 January, Stage 2:<\/b>\u00a0Forever Resort Swadini to Orpen Gate and back to Forever Resort Swadini.<\/p>\n

Distance 121KM, Start Elevation 636M, Max Elevation 742M.
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Elite Stage 2 results:<\/b>
\nStage winners:<\/b>\u00a01. Nico Bell (3) 3.14.50, 2. Matthew Beers (1) 3.13.38. 3. Willie Smit (6) 3.15.41, 4. Gawie Combrinck (2) 3.17.58.
\nBest points:<\/b>\u00a01. Willie Smit (6), 2. Calvin Beneke (14), 3. Jayde Julius (23).
\nKing of the Mountain winners:<\/b>\u00a01. Matthew Beers (1), 2. Travis Barrett (31), 3. JP Lloyd (32).
\nBest Young Rider:<\/b>\u00a01. Wessel Botha (4), 2. Marc Pritzen (33), 3. Alexander Worsdale (34).
\nBest Mpumalanga Rider:<\/b>\u00a01. Nico Bell (3), 2. Willie Smit (6), 3. Gawie Combrinck (2).
\n13 January, Stage 3:<\/b>\u00a0Forever Resort Swadini to Forever Resort Blyde Canyon.<\/p>\n

Distance 90,3KM, Start Elevation 628M. Max Elevation 1 274M.
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

Elite Stage 3 results:<\/b>
\nStage winners:\u00a0<\/b>1. Travis Barrett (31) 2.31.32, 2. Devin Short (19) 2.31.32, 3. Mornay van Heerden (25) 2.31.35, 4. Alwyn Steenkamp (48) 2.31.35.
\nBest Points:<\/b>\u00a01. Devin Short (19), 2. Travis Barrett (31), 3. Willie Smit (6).
\nKing of the Mountain winners:<\/b>\u00a01. Travis Barrett (31), 2. Mornay van Heerden (25), 3. Alwyn Steenkamp (48).
\nBest Young Riders:<\/b>\u00a01. Wessel Botha (4), 2. Marc Pritzen (33), 3. Alexander Worsdale (34).
\nBest Mpumalanga Riders<\/b>: 1. Willie Smit (6), 2. Nico Bell (3), 3. Gawie Combrinck (2).
\n14 January, Stage 4:<\/b>\u00a0Forever Resort Blyde Canyon to Mbombela Stadium.<\/p>\n

Distance 138KM, Start Elevation 1 163M, Max Elevation 1 721M.<\/p>\n

Elite Stage 4 Results:<\/strong>
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

Stage Winners:<\/b>\u00a01. Nico Bell (3) 3.40.03, 2. Jayde Julius (23) 3.40.03, 3. Wessel Botha (4) 3.40.03,
\n4. Calvin Beneke (14) – 3.40.03.
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

Best Points:<\/b>\u00a01. Travis Barrett (31), 2. Devin Short (19), 3. Willie Smit (6).
\nKing of the Mountain winners:<\/b>\u00a01. Travis Barrett (31), 2. Mornay van Heerden (25), 3. Matthew Beers (1).
\nBest Young Riders:<\/b>\u00a01. Wessel Botha (4), 2. Marc Pritzen (33), 3. Alexander Worsdale (34).
\nBest Mpumalanga Riders:<\/b>\u00a01. Willie Smit (6), 2. Nico Bell (3), 3. Gawie Combrinck (2).
\n15 January, Stage 5:<\/b>\u00a0Forever Hotel White River.<\/p>\n

Distance 129,5KM, Start Elevation 943M, Max Elevation 972M.
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

Elite Stage 5 Results:
\nStage Winners:<\/b>\u00a01. Rohan du Plooy (26) 3.29.31, 2. Marc Pritzen (33) 3.32.02, 3. Willie Smit (6) 3.32.02, 4. Wessel Botha (4) 3.32.02.
\nBest Points:<\/b>\u00a01. Rohan du Plooy (26), 2. Willie Smit (6), 3. Jayde Julius (23).
\nKing of the Mountain winners:\u00a0<\/b>1. Travis Barrett (31), 2. Matthew Beers (1), 3. Mornay van Heerden (25).
\nBest Young Rider:<\/b>\u00a01. Wessel Botha (4), 2. Marc Pritzen (33), 3. Alexander Worsdale (34).
\nBest Mpumalanga Riders:<\/b>\u00a01. Willie Smit (6), 2. Nico Bell (3), 3. Gawie Combrinck (2).
\n16 January, Stage 6:<\/b>\u00a0Mbombela to Forever Resort Badplaas.<\/p>\n

Distance 82KM, Start Elevatio: 682M. Max Elevation 1 557M.
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

Elite Stage 6 Results:<\/b>
\nStage winners:<\/b>\u00a01. Chris Jooste (16) 2.18.33, 2. Alexander Worsdale (34) 2.18.33, 3. Travis Barrett (31) 2.18.38, 4. Callum Ormiston (35) 2.18.38.
\nBest Points:<\/b>\u00a01. Rohan du Plooy (26), 2. Chris Jooste (16), 3. Travis Barrett (31).
\nKing of the Mountain winners:<\/b>\u00a01. Travis Barrett (31), 2. Alexander Worsdale (34), 3. Matthew Beers (1).
\nBest young riders:<\/b>\u00a01. Wessel Botha (4), 2. Marc Pritzer (33), 3. Alexander Worsdale (34).
\nBest Mpumalanga Riders:<\/b>\u00a01. Willie Smit (6), 2. Nico Bell (3), 3. Gawie Combrinck (2).
\n17 January, Stage 7:<\/b>\u00a0Forever Resort Badplaas to Forever Resort Loskopdam.<\/p>\n

Distance 197,2KM, Start Elevation 1 112M, Max Elevation 1 791M.
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

Elite Stage 7 Results:<\/b>
\nStage winners:<\/b>\u00a01. Willie Smit (6), 2. Rohan du Plooy (26), 3. Matthew Beers (1), 4. Travis Barrett (31).
\nOverall 2019 Mpumalanga Cycle Tour Elite winners:<\/b>
\nElite Overall Stage winners:<\/b>\u00a01. Matthew Beers (1), 2. Willie Smit (6), 3. Wessel Botha (4).
\nOverall Points winners:<\/b>\u00a01. Rohan du Plooy (26), 2. Willie Smit (6), 3. Chris Jooste (16).
\nOverall King of the Mountain winners:<\/b>\u00a01. Travis Barrett (31), 2. Alexander Worsdale (34), 3. Matthew Beers (1).
\nOverall Best Young Rider:<\/b>\u00a01. Wessel Botha (4)
\nBest Mpumalanga Riders:<\/b>\u00a01. Willie Smit (6), 2. Gawie Combrinck (2), 3. Nico Bell (3).<\/p>\n

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The fourth Mpumalanga Cycle Tour started at Forever Resort Blyde Canyon from where it ran across Mpumalanga until Thursday (yesterday) and finished at Forever Resorts Loskopdam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8164,"featured_media":88862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Daleen Naud\u00e8","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,2886],"tags":[16007,16006,10010,12898,12964,15809,16005,16009,16008,10333],"class_list":["post-88861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-sports","category-sports-news","tag-cycle-clubs-in-middelburg","tag-cycling-in-middelburg","tag-local-news","tag-middelburg-news","tag-middelburg-sport","tag-mpumalanga-cycle-tour-2019","tag-mpumalanga-cycle-tour-results","tag-mpumalanga-cycle-tour-results-2019","tag-the-mpumalanga-cycle-tour","tag-trusted-news"],"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Local sport"},"tag_labels":["cycle clubs in middelburg","cycling in middelburg","local news","middelburg news","Middelburg sport","mpumalanga cycle tour 2019","mpumalanga cycle tour results","mpumalanga cycle tour results 2019","the mpumalanga cycle tour","trusted news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}